Xmas Trees For Less

WSJ This Morning Staff

Reuters

Finding a great Christmas tree – for less

Despite summer droughts in the Midwest and East Coast damage from Superstorm Sandy, the industry says prices have stayed fairly flat this year. If your local tree lot says trees are pricier this year because of the drought, “go somewhere else,” says Rick Dungey, a spokesman for the National Christmas Tree Association, an industry group. There’s drought somewhere every year, so it’s not typically a big driver on pricing, he says. In fact, prices for real trees have been falling in recent years. MarketWatch’s Kelli Grant has more.

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